U.S. Health-Care System Not So Good?

Last updated on: August 5, 2021 at 11:55 am By Kermit Zarley

We Americans constantly hear the assertion that the U.S. health-care system is the best in the world. Far from it according to the Commonwealth Fund, which conducts independent research on health care. It did health-care research on eleven, affluent, free-world nations, and it rates the U.S. last among all eleven. Yet the U.S. is regarded as the wealthiest nation in the world. Those nations researched are the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden,... Read more

Religious Exemption from Vaccine Mandates Is Morally Wrong

Last updated on: August 5, 2021 at 12:02 am By Kermit Zarley

There is a strong movement in the U.S. in which vaccine mandate policies for COVID-19 are being adopted by corporations, businesses, schools, and many others. About a month ago, the largest university system in the U.S., the University of California (UC), adopted such a policy. It states that no one can set foot on any of their many campuses if they have not been vaccinated for COVID-19. However, this policy has one exception; it does not apply to anyone who... Read more

The Bible Is Primarily God-Centered, Not Christ-Centered

Last updated on: August 3, 2021 at 10:00 pm By Kermit Zarley

So many Christians get this wrong. They are taught that the Bible is primarily Christ-centered and that a person’s faith should be judged accordingly. I say “judged” because this issue is actually treated by the institutional church as a life and death matter, that is, eternal life. Ever since the so-called First Ecumenical Council–conducted by the Catholic Church and hosted by Roman Emperor Constantine in the year 325 at his palace in Nicaea, near Constantinople–the institutional church has said that... Read more

Christian Anti-Vaxxers–Do You Know Jesus Will Rule with a Rod of Iron?

Last updated on: July 29, 2021 at 11:41 pm By Kermit Zarley

I can’t shut up about calling out these STUPID and ARROGANT Christian anti-vaxxer preachers who endanger peoples’ lives. I’ve quoted Jesus about it in a previous post, especially his teaching about self-denial. Most anti-and non-vaxxers claim to have “human rights,” but as Christians they are wrong. Not only that, just as any human being, we have a moral duty to do right to our fellow man. Anti-vaxxers don’t have a right to endanger other peoples’ lives, which is what they... Read more

It’s Not Mental Health, It’s Confidence!

Last updated on: July 29, 2021 at 10:13 pm By Kermit Zarley

The GOAT gymnast Simone Biles decided to withdraw from the Olympics Tuesday because she says she “got the twisties.” That’s when gymnasts flying through the air lose their sense of where they are, which had been so natural before. But in getting the twisties, that can endanger her physical health when she hits the ground. The media is consistently describing it as “mental health” problem. I think the media needs to rethink that. The young Ms. Biles is a world-class... Read more

Are Twisties Like the Yips?

Last updated on: July 28, 2021 at 4:15 pm By Kermit Zarley

American GOAT gymnast Simone Biles surprisingly withdrew from the Olympics yesterday, saying she got “a bit of the twisties.” I figured she wasn’t talking about doing the twist dance while listening to Chubby Checker belt out his classic song that turned all us old fogies into twisters in our youth. But I thought she meant she got a stomach ache from eating too many pastries! Not so. She explained that when she came off the vaulting table to do a... Read more

Are Anti-Vaxxer Christians Like What the Bible Says of an Irresponsible Ox Owner

Last updated on: July 28, 2021 at 4:31 pm By Kermit Zarley

Anti- and Non-vaxxer Christians in the U.S. generally are a danger to both the physical health of society and its spiritual health because they are a detriment to the gospel of Jesus Christ . See my previous posts: “Non-Vaxxers Are Selfish” and “Anti-and Non-Vaxxers Threaten Reopenings.” I’m not saying this about people who have serious health issues that could endanger them if they had the shot or MAYBE those few people who have not gotten the shot because the FDA... Read more

Champ Is Champ in Minnesota

Last updated on: July 25, 2021 at 9:46 pm By Kermit Zarley

Cameron Champ, a long-hitting, twenty-six year old, resident of Houston, Texas, my old hometown, won his third PGA Tour tournament today by shooting a five-under par 66 to win the 3M Open in Blaine, Minnesota, at the TPC Twin Cities golf course. Champ won by two strokes with a total of 15-under par 269. Three players finished tied for second: Louis Oosterhuizen, Charl Schwartzel, and Jhonattan Vegas. Cameron needed only a bogey six on the last hole to win. Rather than... Read more

Trump: The Snake Oil Salesman

Last updated on: July 22, 2021 at 8:18 pm By Kermit Zarley

The Oxford English Dictionary defines “snake oil” as “a quack remedy or panacea.” A panacea is a difficulty or a disease. Trump claims to be able to solve the difficulty of an election fraud (except no such difficulty exists) by getting states to recount their ballots. He convinced this Republican state I live in, Arizona, to do just that. The Republican-controlled state legislature decided to have a ballot recount. To make matters worse, they hired an outfit to... Read more

Pelosi Rightly Rejects Jordan for Committee Hearings

Last updated on: July 21, 2021 at 4:04 pm By Kermit Zarley

The hearings of the House select committee to investigate the Capitol riots that happened on January 6th last year–which led to the House’ second impeachment of President Donald Trump due to accusing him of inciting an insurrection that day–are scheduled to begin next Tuesday. Democratic Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi of California, has been in charge of selecting and approving committee members. We need this investigation. The Democrat-controlled House shouldn’t even have had to do this. It’s because the... Read more